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William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor;
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich . ....

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William Shakespeare: When to the...

William Shakespeare: When to the...

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a...

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William Shakespeare: The summer's flower...

William Shakespeare: The summer's flower...

The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die.


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William Shakespeare: But since he...

William Shakespeare: But since he...

But since he died, and poets better prove,
Theirs for their style I'll read, his for his...

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William Shakespeare: That she belov'd...

William Shakespeare: That she belov'd...

That she belov'd knows nought that knows not this: Men prize the thing ungain'd more than it...

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William Shakespeare: My library<br>Was dukedom...

William Shakespeare: My library
Was dukedom...

My library
Was dukedom large enough.


Source: The Tempest, I. ii. (109).
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William Shakespeare: I hold the...

William Shakespeare: I hold the...

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano;
A stage where every man must play a part,
And mine a sad...

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George Bernard Shaw: Nothing can be...

George Bernard Shaw: Nothing can be...

Nothing can be unconditional; consequently nothing can be free.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: Revolutionary movements attract...

George Bernard Shaw: Revolutionary movements attract...

Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are...

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George Bernard Shaw: The thought of...

George Bernard Shaw: The thought of...

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

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George Bernard Shaw: Science becomes dangerous...

George Bernard Shaw: Science becomes dangerous...

Science becomes dangerous only when it imagines that it has reached its goal.

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George Bernard Shaw: The scavenger of...

George Bernard Shaw: The scavenger of...

The scavenger of misery is pity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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George Bernard Shaw: The man with...

George Bernard Shaw: The man with...

The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.

Source: Man and...

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George Bernard Shaw: The moment we...

George Bernard Shaw: The moment we...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments...

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George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is...

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George Bernard Shaw: When it comes...

George Bernard Shaw: When it comes...

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

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George Bernard Shaw: A life spent...

George Bernard Shaw: A life spent...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing...

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George Bernard Shaw: This is the...

George Bernard Shaw: This is the...

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being...

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George Bernard Shaw: A mind of...

George Bernard Shaw: A mind of...

A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: Democracy is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Democracy is a...

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

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